John Springford
Economist and occasional politics dabbler. Working on a project to improve labour markets. Associate fellow, Centre for European Reform. Visiting fellow, Institute for Policy Research, Bath University.
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People I learn from and you should follow
I also learn from other people, but maybe you already have a big following or I missed you. Largely Europe, migration, trade, economics. Will add more as ideas come to me.
@nkurmayer.bsky.social
Journalist - energy, climate, buildings and occasionally politics @Euractiv Tell me what I got wrong: nikolaus.kurmayer@euractiv.com
@jorntychsen.bsky.social
Politics and any other interesting topics including legislation, security, climate and standardisation. Posts in English and Danish. Specialist - Product Compliance at Force Technology in Aarhus Denmark. Views are my own.
@davidedgerton.bsky.social
Historian, currently at the Wissenschaftskolleg zu Berlin. https://www.davidedgerton.org/
@adamprz.bsky.social
@onestpress.onestnetwork.com
Foreign Affairs Journalist | Former UN Diplomat | Real-time #ACTUALNEWS 🇺🇸 & 🌎 News Briefing (M, W, F) 🇨🇦 Weekly Recap (SAT) ☀️ SUN Edition - NO politics 📧: www.onestnetwork.com/newsletter WATCH Weekly Recap (SUN 8p ET): https://youtube.com/@onestnetwork
@ruthdeyermond.bsky.social
Senior Lecturer, Department of War Studies, King's College London. Russian foreign & security policy, US foreign policy, US-Russia relations, European security. Views are my own.
@dimitarbechev.bsky.social
Director of the Dahrendorf Programme St Antony's College, Oxford and Senior Fellow at Carnegie Europe Author: Rival Power: Russia in Southeast Europe and Turkey under Erdoğan (Yale)
@simoninlondon.bsky.social
Anglo-American in London busy with a bit of climate investing, challenging online disinformation and helping with dialogue to end conflicts.
@tessakhan.bsky.social
Exec Director & founder, Uplift; "provocative and not entirely without merit" according to Energy Voice, Standard disclaimers, incl. that all views are my own.
@tim-burgess.bsky.social
Charlatan, solo artist, DJ, coffee drinker, author & award winning radio presenter. Oh, and a podcaster too
@aslak.bsky.social
Trade, public policy, economics, research fellow at the Centre for European Reform, formerly with the Norwegian civil service and EFTA
@martinheneghan.bsky.social
Assistant Professor in Public and Social Policy at the University of Nottingham
@craigpberry.bsky.social
Welfare policy manager, Citizens Advice (he/him). Additionally: Associate at @bennettinstitute.bsky.social | Author of The Political Economy Blog: https://craigberry.substack.com
@gbenedetto.bsky.social
Reader in European Politics. 🪑 of Exams @rhulpir.bsky.social Also posts as Jean Monnet 🪑 at @jeanmonnetrhul.bsky.social FRSA, #T1D https://pure.royalholloway.ac.uk/en/persons/giacomo-benedetto
@cjmccabe.bsky.social
🇨🇦 🇮🇪 🇬🇧Professor of Health Economics. Queens University Belfast. Health Policy, Health Technology Assessment and Innovation. Opinions my own - nobody else would want them. Shares are not endorsements. #ElbowsUp
@itvnews.bsky.social
Original news from across the UK and around the world. Available on ITVX 24/7. National news: ITV1 weekdays at 1:30pm, 6:30pm and 10pm. Regional news: ITV1 weekdays at 6pm. Website: https://www.itv.com/news Newsletter: https://itvnews.substack.com
@cristinacaffarra.bsky.social
Economist, "high priestess of competition" (says Politico...) www.cristinacaffarra.com
@stuartwoollard.bsky.social
Helping business and investment transition to a stakeholder value paradigm; author of The Mature Corporation - a Model of Responsible Capitalism www.maturityinstitute.com
@tysonbarker.bsky.social
Writing about 🇺🇸 🇪🇺relations, Ukraine's promise, economic statecraft + tech & foreign policy. Obama-Biden & Biden-Harris alum based in Berlin.
@simonkuper.bsky.social
Financial Times columnist, football podcaster at Heroes and Humans, and author of books including Chums, Good Chaps, Impossible City: Paris in the Twenty-First Century, Soccernomics etc. British and now French, lives in Paris with wife and kids.
@paolatamma.bsky.social
EU correspondent at Financial Times Made in Italy. Email paola.tamma@ft.com https://www.ft.com/paola-tamma
@meredith-crowley.bsky.social
Professor of Economics, University of Cambridge Fellow, CEPR President, International Economics and Finance Society https://www.econ.cam.ac.uk/people/faculty/mc865
@jo3hill.bsky.social
Policy Director @reformthinktank.bsky.social, Founder http://greaterlondon.co, Columnist in CityAM. ex Treasury. Views my own
@listifications.app
Follow me to receive notifications via DM whenever you're added to a starter pack, block list, feed or when someone blocks your account. Follow @unsub.blocks.listifications.app to opt out of direct block notifications. Created by @dom96.picheta.me
@peterallen.bsky.social
Professor of Politics & Co-Director of the Institute for Policy Research at the University of Bath, U.K. / British politics, representation, public sphere / HOW TO THINK ABOUT POLITICS out Feb(US) March(UK) w/OUP / http://www.peter-allen.co.uk
@edwardluce.bsky.social
FT's US columnist/commentator. Author of several books including forthcoming biography of Zbigniew Brzezinski (Simon & Schuster 2025). People lacking a sense of humour might get muted.
@simonpittaway.bsky.social
Working on macro, wealth and household balance sheets at the Resolution Foundation.
@markemuk.bsky.social
British/European. Policy advisor to European Movement UK. 25 years an EU official, former EU Commission spokesperson and head of media in London. Up the Palace. Allez l'Union. Personal views.
@ade-harvey.bsky.social
Writer, public policy bod, urbanist. Author of Being Someone, The Cursing Stone and Time's Tide. www.adrian-harvey.uk
@arjsingh.bsky.social
Deputy Political Editor, The i Paper LUFC. arj.singh@inews.co.uk. Got a story, tip or just fancy a chat? DMs open.
@popovaprof.bsky.social
Polisci prof at McGill 🇨🇦⚜️ Democracy, rule of law, (anti)corruption in Eastern Europe 🇺🇦 🇧🇬 🇪🇺; post-Communism; Russo-Ukrainian war and its impact on European democracies; #UkraineIsEurope #DefendDemocracy https://linktr.ee/popovaprof
@rjuhasz.bsky.social
AP, Vancouver School of Economics, UBC. Co-founder of The Industrial Policy Group. Mostly industrial policy and industrialization.
@colmpm.bsky.social
Historian of UK and ROI politics and political economy. Lecturer at QMUL and Deputy Director of Mile End Institute (https://www.qmul.ac.uk/politics/staff/profiles/murphycolm.html). Book on Labour and 'modernisation' (https://tinyurl.com/37tzatvk).
@ianpkearns.bsky.social
Former Specialist Advisor on National Security to the UK Parliament. Co-founder and former Director, European Leadership Network. Personal views only. Writing at: https://europewithoutamerica.substack.com/
@adamtooze.bsky.social
Chartbook Substack https://adamtooze.substack.com/ OnesandTooze podcast https://foreignpolicy.com/podcasts/ones-and-tooze/ C******* University historian, Director European Institute, Chair Cttee on Global Thought. Economics, history, theory, politi
@danobrien20.bsky.social
Chief economist at IIEA and columnist with The Currency. Presenter and consultant on economics, policy and international relations.
@ehunterchristie.bsky.social
Senior Research Fellow, FIIA @fiia.fi Adjunct lecturer, Sciences Po PSIA Former NATO official PhD VUB & Royal Military Academy of Belgium Views my own
@dorianlynskey.bsky.social
Journalist (Guardian/Observer, MOJO, BBC Culture, the i), podcaster (Origin Story, Oh God What Now?) and author (33 Revolutions Per Minute, The Ministry of Truth, Everything Must Go, Origin Story). Anti-doomer despite everything. www.dorianlynskey.com
@catherinefeore.bsky.social
Brussels-based journalist. catherinefeore@gmail.com @HealthHubEditor and @OrpheusEU (more personal views) on X Board member @PressClubBXLEU and Vice President Association de la Presse Internationale @apibrussels over at x
@olafstorbeck.ft.com
Financial Times Frankfurt Bureau Chief. All Things ECB and European Macro. Previously: Reuters Breakingviews & Handelsblatt. Long distance cyclist. Car free since 2009. Views mine, not the FT's. (The FT's ones here: https://www.ft.com/ft-view)
@henryjfoy.ft.com
Brussels Bureau Chief, Financial Times. Past lives in Moscow, Warsaw, London, Delhi and Mumbai. Get in touch henry.foy@ft.com https://www.ft.com/henry-foy
@michaelkenny.bsky.social
Professor of Public Policy, Inaugural Director of the Bennett Institute for Public Policy, University of Cambridge, Author
@johnwdean.bsky.social
Author, Lecturer, CNN contributor, (soon again) Justia’s VERDICT columnist, contributor THE CONTRARIAN, fmr Nixon White House Counsel, fmr Goldwater Chair at Az State Un., Senior Fellow, CCLP, Annenberg USC.